Delta variant puts brakes on return to post-COVID normality

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Delta variant puts brakes on return to post-COVID19 normality

Nations across the globe hit new pandemic highs and reimposed COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday as the highly contagious Delta variant forced governments to put the brakes on plans to return to normality.

But according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the proportion of adults aged 18 years or over fully vaccinated in the EU and European Economic Area is still only 44.1 percent. Supply shortages in South Korea have meant only about 11 percent of the country's 52 million population is fully vaccinated, according to health authorities.

"We could face dangerous consequences if we do not take steps to control the Delta variant," the National Command and Operation Centre said in a statement. Russia also announced on Saturday that cases continued to surge and it had a new record number of daily deaths, the fifth since the beginning of the month.

Despite the rising infections and deaths, 54 percent of a deeply sceptical Russian public don't plan to get vaccinated, according to a survey by the independent Levada-Center published this week.While vaccines have been successful in mitigating the worst effects of infections, concerns have been raised about how well some of them will cope with more virulent strains.

 

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